TELECONFERENCING AND PERFORMANCE OF ACADEMIC STAFF OF UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTH-SOUTH NIGERIA

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between teleconferencing and performance of academic staff of universities in South-South region of Nigeria. The multi-stage sampling technique was employed in selecting the samples. The universities were the primary units with a population size of eighteen (18) universities, while the academic staff of the universities consist the secondary units (M_i) which vary from institution to institution, with a population of 12,158. The Cochran’s sample size determination method was used to select a sample size m = 384. The 384 academic staff was then proportionally allocated to the 18 universities using Bourley proportion allocation technique. The data for the study was collected via the quantitative method, using the questionnaire. The questionnaire was designed using google forms and distributed online (social media). The Median and the spearman’s correlation technique as nonparametric methods were used since the data generated failed to meet the assumption of normality. Results showed that there is a moderate positive relationship between teleconferencing and the innovative research output of academic staff of universities in South-South Nigeria, and it was recommended that improved innovative research output of university authorities should provide subsidized internet data bundle for staff and make policies that will favour the implementation of teleconferencing.